. The advantages of Canada for emigrants. omfortably in the West, Herethere would appear to be excellent opportunities tor young, educatedfanners with moderate means. Even professional men succeed asfarmers in these parts. Near Lake Simcoe, north of Toronto, there isquite a little colony of retired naval officers. The pioneer life inManitoba and the North-West is thus avoided: there is ample societyand comfort: schools and markets are within easy reach. Here alsodomestic servants and labourers are in great request. Canada is theParadise of domestic servants; they command good wages and aremade
. The advantages of Canada for emigrants. omfortably in the West, Herethere would appear to be excellent opportunities tor young, educatedfanners with moderate means. Even professional men succeed asfarmers in these parts. Near Lake Simcoe, north of Toronto, there isquite a little colony of retired naval officers. The pioneer life inManitoba and the North-West is thus avoided: there is ample societyand comfort: schools and markets are within easy reach. Here alsodomestic servants and labourers are in great request. Canada is theParadise of domestic servants; they command good wages and aremade very comfortable; no respectable emigrant going out for serviceneed ever want a place. Small farmers and labouring men would havethe best opening in Manitoba, and the provinces further west. Thebest time to go out is in the early spring, and during the first year atleast, it is advisable to work on some farm. A good look round canthen be taken, the conditions of life ascertained, and a suitable piece ofground for settling upon AVUEAT STACKS, MANITOBA. The land all around Winnipeg for very many miles is fiatThe prairie. The soil is dark, easy to work, and does not need PraiHeo. to be cleared, as trees are not numerous. It is the great corn-growing region, but mixed farming is becomingmuch more popular. There is room for thousands of emigrants, eachof whom can obtain a free grant of 160 acres. The winters are saidto be severe, and I know that the summer is hot; but both aretempered by the dryness of the atmosphere. In summer the chief 14 The Advantages of Canada for Emigrants. pest is the mosquito, but perhaps this made especially for myself,as a tasty, unhardened stranger. In this part of the country, if a manwill work, and for a few years will endure a little hardship—such ascomparative isolation, not much society, loss of some of the comfortshe has been used to in England—he will do well, and his children mayrise to some of the chief positions in the country. T
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